Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.

Today, following up on last month's discussion of tabletop roleplaying games at the library, we're joined by Andrew Palmer to discuss running D&D for teens, the relationship between tabletop and video roleplaying games, and making compelling stories for an audience via actual play podcast.

Watch Overdue Adventures' preview episode on NPL's Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9X_Dk9lG5I

Find RPG programming and much more on NPL's events page:
https://events.library.nashville.org/

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.

Today, we're joined by Haylee and Beck—who run Dungeons and Dragons programs at the library—to talk about the appeal of tabletop roleplaying games, their experiences playing them, and the values these games can instill in players of any age.

Find NPL's D&D programs and much more at https://events.library.nashville.org

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.

Today, we're joined by members of NPL's Wishing Chair Productions to discuss all things puppetry and the history of this decades-old partnership between puppeteers and your local library system.

Find out more about Wishing Chair Productions and their shows at https://library.nashville.org/wishing-chair-productions

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.

Today, we're joined by multi-instrumentalist and composer Jesse Peck to discuss the relationship between a creator and their work and music of all sorts.

Find Jesse's music on Bandcamp https://harnesstheyabyss.bandcamp.com/track/playground
And find his work with Flummox at https://linktr.ee/flummoxofficial

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Welcome to NPL's new podcast all about art and creativity—The Spark!
On this inaugural episode, we're joined by Jordan and Deezy, the co-owners of Novelette Booksellers in East Nashville, to talk about problem-solving and community-building through books and small business.

Find out more at https://www.novelettebooksellers.com/ or find them on Instagram @novelettebooksellers

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.
Today, we're joined by Alexie Smith--pottery instructor, warehouse manager, and kiln repair specialist at the Clay Lady's Campus--to discuss the hands-on creativity of ceramics.

Find out more at https://theclaylady.com/

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

From Nashville Public Library, we’re here to talk about the triumphs and tribulations, the joy of creativity in all its forms, and the enjoyment of appreciating the creations of others and the connections they make. All those things that light something up in you…that give you The Spark.